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  • Way larger than I imagined, too. And yeah, I would also suspect they’re pretty messy and occassionally traumatic. But so are monogamous relationships.

    I wouldn’t worry about eating your hat here. And also, I’m not digging the downvotes you’ve been catching. I think you presented a pretty reasonable take based on your own experience. That’s not the same experience everyone has, but that’s kinda the whole point of this thread, isn’t it?







  • Not technically, because there are scenarios where you can give up some freedom or safety without improving the other in return (and therefore restore freedom/safety afterwards without diminishing the other)… but it’s a close enough approximation to be useful, kinda like classical physics vs general relativity.

    If you want to be more detailed, you can look at “freedom to” vs “freedom from”. This has its own limitations, but it’s precise enough while still being useful.

    For example, assuming everyone involved is constrained by the same rules:

    You can’t have the freedom to fire a gun in the air, and have freedom from your neighbor’s falling bullets.

    You can’t have the freedom to drive a tank down the street, and have freedom from fear of being squashed as a pedestrian.










  • Eggs because:

    Vance gave a quote bashing the price of eggs, but he cited a number much higher than the sign he was standing next to.

    Dems pounced on this, mocking the blatant exaggeration and dismissing any concerns about a cost of living crisis.

    It stuck around because it’s emblematic of the overall situation:

    Repubs don’t give a shit about facts, just vibes, and wanna paint as dark of a picture as possible.

    Dems only care about being correct on paper, and don’t give a shit about listening to the problems of ordinary people or doing anything that could be called “radical”.




  • For a general purpose work machine, no. Even for a gaming desktop, probably not. For a gaming laptop, maybe, depending on your lifestyle.

    For a gaming handheld? Yeah, definitely. You want a good battery-saving sleep mode, and a quick shutdown/startup as well.

    The other scenario I can see is field work machines, for kiosks or task logging, especially if you need to change sites on a regular basis.